Mashable!:
For those who’d like to turn the American Music Awards into a more social experience, don’t forget that the pre-show is streaming live on Facebook today, with full integration of Facebook status updates. As a viewer, you can post your own live commentary into your Facebook news feed and read status updates on the event fro (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Your Roku box just got a whole lot more interesting. Roku, if you remember, makes the Roku player, a small device that sits next to your TV and plays Netflix, Amazon Video, and MLB selections. Roku has just added ten new channels to that line-up and built a fascinating platform for adding more down the line.The current chan (Read More)
Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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paidContent.org:
The next battle in the search wars could be over access to news content. The FT reports that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—which has made increasing the market share of its Bing search engine its top online priority—has reached out to “big online publishers” in order to get them to p (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
Just a couple weeks ago, I wrote that an article named “Android is About to Explode” – citing recent growth rates (up 17% from 13% in a single month, according to AdMob) and the forthcoming line of Droid devices. This continues to be a hot topic and I participate in related conversations almost daily:- Will Android match iP (Read More)
Submitted by Logicalextremes
from Google Reader:
The Myths of Privacy on FacebookJames GrimmelmannLet’s start with a story. Bono, from U2, was on vacation in St. Tropez. I guess this happens when you’re a rock star with a social conscience, but he meets two 19-year-olds, Andrea and Hannah. And Bono has just a grand old time with them. How do I know this? Because Andr (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Rupert Murdoch is pointing a gun to Google’s head, and Microsoft is helping him pull back the trigger. For the past few weeks, Murdoch and his officers at News Corp. have been very vocal about their distaste for Google and their desire to lead other media companies in a boycott of sorts. Murdoch keeps threatening to stop (Read More)
MediaPost | Online Media News:
Lawmakers Thursday questioned whether businesses are amassing too much data about consumers without their knowledge or consent. "We have moved from an era of privacy keepers to privacy peepers and data mining reapers," Rep. Ed. Markey (D-Mass.) said at a hearing about data collection.“ Markey, who has previously said that (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
A few weeks ago, I spoke to someone who had finally reached the end of her rope with an obdurate boss. Having suggested a series of social media initiatives, only to see them wither on the vine as he refused to either push them forward or cancel them, she was ready to move on - not just to another job, but a whole different (Read More)
Submitted by Jgmize
from Google Reader:
Excerpts from John Wilbanks:“Far too often the focus on “porting” open source to science focuses on the legal aspects rather than performing an analysis of the infrastructure for science. Science is actually not very similar to modern software at this point. In science, especially life science, many of these factors don’t e (Read More)
Engadget:
Roku owners already have access to Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand and MLB.tv, but now the set-top box is about to get a lot more interesting. Starting tonight and running throughout the next fortnight, existing owners of the Roku SD, Roku HD and Roku HD-XR will receive an automatic (and free) update that delivers ten new c (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Jason Goldberg, the chief product officer of Xing, the European biz social network that Burda just bought a big stake in, is leaving the company with this deal, about 12 months after his social news startup Socialmedian was sold to the Germany-headquartered company... (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
If HTC is saving the grace of Windows Mobile UI, Opera is the browser that saves the grace of net surfing experience on Windows Phones. Opera Software has just released a beta version of Opera Mobile 10 for WinMo... (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : JD TheisWhen there are many options to choose from, you need to have certain points in your mind, based on which you can select the best option This is a general rule which can be applied to any aspect of your life It also applies when it comes to selecting the best web hosting service There are many web design (Read More)